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, released in 1975 by Columbia Records. The album was recorded and mixed at

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, with production helmed by Brooks Arthur. The album reached number one on the '' Billboard'' album chart in September 1975, and has sold 1.9 million copies in the United States. The song " At Seventeen" was released as a single and reached number three on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 and topped the

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chart. Ian won the 1975

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for the song, and performed it on the first episode of ''

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'' on October 11, 1975. In 2000 it was voted number 590 in

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's ''

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''.

Track listing

Personnel

*Produced by Brooks Arthur *Engineered by Brooks Arthur, Larry Alexander, Russ Payne *Art Direction and Design: John Berg, Paul Perlow *Photography: Peter Cunningham *Production Coordinator: Herb Gart Musicians *

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, Janis Ian, Sal DiTroia, Dave Snider, Dickie Frank – guitar *Don Payne, Richard Davis, George Duvivier – bass *Barry Lazarowitz – drums, percussion *Larry Alexander – percussion *

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, Russell George – fiddle Orchestra **Arianna Bronne, Lewis Cley, Peter Dimitriades, Marie Hence, Max Hollander, Kathryn Kienke, Ezra Kliger, Harold Kohon, Harry Lookofsky, Joe Malin, David Sackson, Julius Schachter, Ora Shiran, Harry Urbont, Masako Yanagita - violin **Seymour Berman, George Brown, Eugenie Dengel, Patty Kopec, Richard Maximoff, David Sackson, Emanuel Vardi - viola **Seymour Barab, Gloria Lanzarone, Beverly Lauridsen, Jesse Levy, Charles McCracken, George Ricci - cello **Ray Crisara, Burt Collins, Jimmy Sedlar, Joe Shepley - trumpet **Eddie Bert, Mickey Gravine, Alan Raph, Bill Watrous - trombone **Jim Buffington - French horn **Romeo Penque, Phil Bodner - flute **Burt Collins - flugelhorn **

Seldon Powell Seldon Powell (15 November 1928 – 25 January 1997) was an American soul jazz, swing, and R&B tenor saxophonist and flautist born in Lawrenceville, Virginia. He worked with Tab Smith (1949), Lucky Millinder (1949–51), Neal Hefti, and L ...

- tenor saxophone *Ron Frangipane - string and horn arrangements **

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- orchestral contractor *Recorded and Mixed at

in Blauvelt, New York, USA

Charts

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

References

{{Authority control Janis Ian albums 1975 albums Columbia Records albums Albums produced by Brooks Arthur Grammy Award for Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical